The last two weeks have resulted in unexpected press coverage for Occupy New Hampshire as a splinter group made lots of noise recently about why they have left. Too bad for them, most of Occupy did not go with them, as most of Occupy are open-minded folks who value the participation of “Free Staters”. Here’s the Concord Monitor’s Annmarie Timmins’ rundown of the situation, (published in Sunday 7/22’s paper) which is a well-researched story:
Occupy New Hampshire, the self-dubbed voice of the “99 percent,” became a bit more exclusive this week.
On Monday, a small number of Occupy New Hampshire members incorporated the movement as a nonprofit in order to boot their former bedfellows: the Free Staters. Also prohibited from future Occupy events are gun owners who openly carry.
It’s been a controversial move for a group so opposed to authoritative rule, and several Occupy members have joined with the Free Staters to fight back. (more…)
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Topics covered include the Keene School Board’s refusal to allow veterans access to Keene High School and the potential impeachment of “superior” court judge John P. Arnold. Here’s the archive:
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Tom Ploszaj and Bob Constantine talk about Burning Porcupine, Grafton, and the projects going on in that area of the state. Recorded in the Shire Society Pavilion at the 2012 Porcupine Freedom Festival.
Activists have purchased 100 video cameras for people in Austin, TX and gathered to discuss methods for holding police accountable and understanding, protecting, and standing up for our rights. Keene’s Pete Eyre of Copblock.org was given the opportunity to speak to the gathering:
Bob Murphy introduced Dan D’Amico for a presentation on the prison system in America. Recorded in the Shire Society Pavilion at the 2012 Porcupine Freedom Festival.
1) The “War on Drugs” is legally designed to never end, notwithstanding all the facts that it is unsupported by science.
2) The “War on Drugs” in New Hampshire, by law, is directly controlled by the United Nations. This represents an affront to our state sovereignty.
3) The “War on Drugs” is designed to generate massive amounts of money for both the government and corporations, while people suffer from the associated disenfranchisement.
If you work in law enforcement or intelligence, use your training to investigate my claims so that you can try and prove me wrong.
Manchester activists converged on police DUI checkpoints last night with signs and a laser projection warning motorists of the upcoming shakedown. Hundreds of cars were saved from passing through the aggressors hands and there was much positive response from community members. The only people who didn’t like it were Manchester police and the tow truck drivers who were waiting like vultures, expecting to be thrown free business from the checkpoint. Here’s the awesome laser in action: